SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/2009 - ROUND 21 SATURDAY GAMES RESULT

Two games tonight in Round 21 of the Spanish League, here are theresults, images & scorers in a short resume.ATHLETIC DE BILBAO hosted MALAGA & did a favour to Atleticode Madrid coming back & winning 3-2 in a wonderful game.Malaga started well & early via LUQUE (above) with a goal in the 2min& then later in the 63rd min via LOLO who scored a second giving themthe lead again after Bilbao had

KOBE BRYANT IS A FC BARCELONA FAN

American Basketball & LA Lakers Star KOBE BRYANT is a FCBARCELONA Fan! He says so here in a special ESPN promotionalgig, check it out:As the "crack" says, it was Ronaldinho that got him into Soccer ( sorryFootball) & into Barça. Now Kobe follows LIONEL MESSI as this fotoshows of his locker at Staples Center at Los Angeles.SFS thinks its a set up, but a good one at that.Smells agreement between FC

REAL MADRID ANNOUNCE THE INCORPORATION ON LOAN OF WEST HAM JULIEN FAUBERT

REAL MADRID has announced that it has the services of WEST HAM25 year old right winger JULIEN FAUBERT. The French Internationalcomes on loan for the next 5 months & Real Madrid will have to payWest Ham 1.5M€. However, Real Madrid has an option to buy if theplayer fits 100% in the squad & does an outstanding half season, theprice will then be 6M€.(photo:Marca) The news has hit Spanish media by

SFS FLASHBACK: EURO 2008 SPAIN vs. ITALY PENALTY SHOOT-OUT

A SFS Flashback from last years European Nations Cup were SPAINcame of age & threw off the Q/Final jinx to win ITALY in the vital penaltyshoot-out. Spain, as we all well know, went on to defeat Russia in theSemi´s & win the European Nations Title against Germany:

TENNIS: NADAL & VERDASCO SHOW THE WORLD THE LEVEL OF SPANISH TENNIS

A pity only one wins. World Nº1 RAFAEL NADAL was pushed to the limit by fellow Spaniard FERNANDO VERDASCO in theirAUSTRALIAN OPEN Semi-final to finally win 6-7,6-4,7-6,6-7,6-4after more the 5 hours. In fact it was the longest game in AustralianOpen history with Tennis from another galaxy.Both have demostrated to the World that Spanish Tennis is in magnificent form & that our players are currently

ATLETICO DE MADRID CALMS SERGIO AGUERO

The news portal “elmundo.com” has revealed that last Wednesday, the28th of January, the Director General of ATLETICO DE MADRIDMiguel Angel Gil, accompanied by his star player Argentine SERGIOAGUERO with a close friend & executive of the Club, had a speciallunch at a well known Madrid restaurant to calm the "nerves" ofAguero.Alarms rang when various comments & stories came to light that

SPANISH CUP 2008 - 2009 QUARTER FINALS: 2º LEG THURSDAY GAME RESULTS

The last two 2ºleg games of the SPANISH CUP have been played tonight& have decided which team will join Athletic de Bilbao & Mallorca in theSemi Finals.The 1ºst leg saw Valencia win 3-2 Sevilla FC. However, the return 2ºleg was a different affair, as the law of Football applied: "if you missyour chances you lose".VALENCIA CF started well with an early goal with the header of SpanishInternational

NEW REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTO 2009

The news site "mundo.es" has published the "new" REAL MADRIDTEAM PHOTO 2009. New in the sense that it highlights CoachJuande Ramos & not Bernd Schuster, plus the new additions, LassanaDiarra & Huntelaar.The photo is less than perfect quality. You can see it better on"realmadrid.com".

REAL MADRID PRESIDENTIAL JULY 2009 ELECTIONS: FLORENTINO WANTS XABI ALONSO

The upcoming REAL MADRID Presidential elections in July 2009, &the possibility that ex Real Madrid President Florentino Perez will presenthimself as candidate, is spurring on numerous rumours here & overseas.The latest is that Florentino Perez – who by the way is maintainingcomplete silence – has LIVERPOOL FC Spanish midfielder XABIALONSO as his “number one” priority. This news has been pickedup

YATTARA , SURPRISE LOAN TO REAL MADRID?

The name being talked about as a possible last minute loan to REALMADRID is WIGAN winger ANTONIO VALENCIA ( see post below).With two days left in the "Winter Market", Spanish daily "Marca", in theirusual way to differentiate themselves & call attention, have published anew name in todays paper.IBRAHIM YATTARA, winger from Club Trabzonspor could comeon loan to REAL MADRID until the end of the

SPANISH CUP 2008-2009 QUARTER FINALS: 2º LEG WEDNESDAY GAMES RESULT

Two games played tonight of the 2ºleg in the Q/FINALS of the SPANISHCUP with results that have decided which two teams move onto the Semis.Tomorrow the other two matches will be played & decide which teamsgo on to join them.REAL SPORTING DE GIJON hosted ATHLETIC DE BILBAO afterfinishing in the 1ºleg in an 0-0 draw. It was a golden opportunity forGijon infront of their loyalty fans to make history

REAL MADRID THINKS ABOUT THE WIGAN VALENCIA OPTION

News from the Spanish daily “AS” today reports that the new REALMADRID President Boluda has put himself in contact with EnglishPremier League Club WIGAN. The former desires to examine the possibilityof gaining the services of the Wigan player & winger ANTONIOVALENCIA. Real look to convince the English Club to loan the player,with an option of a buy at the end of the season. SFS doubts that Real

TENNIS: FERNANDO VERDASCO REACHES SEMIS OF AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2009

Spanish Tennis keeps growing with the confirmation of the victory ofFERNANDO VERDASCO 7-6,3-6,6-3, 6-2 over Frenchman Jo-WilfriedTsonga in the Quarter Finals of the Australian Open. A historicalmoment for Verdasco, as he becomes the 6th Spaniard to reach theSemi Finals of this prestigious Grand Slam tournament.Verdasco is the revelation after defeating giants of the calibre of RadakStepanek &

REAL MADRID WITHDRAWS ITS “SAT THREAT” & CHOOSE LASSANA DIARRA FOR CHAMPIONS

News has just come in via our local Sports daily’s (As & Marca) that REALMADRID has decided to withdraw its legal recourse from the “SAT”(Sporting Arbitrage Tribunal) in reference to the inscriptions ofHUNTELAAR & LASSANA DIARRA for this years Champions League.(courtesy of "AS")SFS wishes to recall that Real Madrid signed both players thinking they wereeligible for this years Champions League

INTER DE MILAN JIMENEZ OFFERS HIMSELF TO ATLETICO

A past ATLETICO DE MADRID desire, Chilean LUIS JIMENEZwho is currently at INTER MILAN has offered his services to theSpanish Club, according to local daily "As".Jimenez is out of favour with his Coach Mourinho & is not playing.This has prompted the player to look elsewhere & in the "WinterTransfer Market" window of opportunity. This story is also backedfrom Italy via "Tuttomercatoweb.com" who see

JAVIER SAVIOLA ON LOAN TO PORTSMOUTH?

The Argentine & REAL MADRID forward exploded after his seemlessly"eternal" stays on the bench with comments: "...my situation isintolerable". His Coach Juande Ramos replied ( + or - translated)"...if you wish to play, find yourself a lower level Club". Words that quiet frankly would sink the spirits of any player.JAVIER SAVIOLA has been followed by "shadows" since arrivingfrom Argentine Club

SFS FLASHBACKS: SPAIN vs YUGOSLAVIA EURO 2000

A classic SFS Flashback & great historical moment for the SpanishNational Team.Situation: European Nations Cup 2000 Group C clash. The winner ofthe Spain vs. Yugoslavia match goes on to qualify for the next stage. Thegame is a high scoring affair & goes into extra time. Then, in the lastmoments …Did you see FC Barcelona’s current Coach with the Nº4 shirt? It’sGuardiola. Plus Raul, Mendieta,

ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS LOWER DIVISION SPANISH CLUBS

The Economic Crisis ( & bad business management) is also hitting SpanishFootball, in this case GRANADA who play in the 2º Division Group 4 &whose professional players haven’t been paid for the last 4 months. Thisweekend in their match against Melilla the players decided to protest &send a message to their Club President Paco Sanz & everyone … “PacoSanz we need to be paid now”!This situation is

"EL MUNDANO DEPORTIVO" : RAFA BENITEZ

As promised here is the the first article from SFS bi-monthly collaboration:"EL MUNDANO DEPORTIVO" - by Adrian Vogel.His article talks about LIVERPOOL Spanish Coach RAFAEL BENITEZ& some "theories" to his situation at Liverpool & his possible future.STRIKER ____________________________________________Rafa Benitez (by Adrian Vogel for SFS)Disclaimer: This post was originally written before Sunday’s

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/2009 - ROUND 20 RESULTS

Hi guys SFS is back after a couple of days in the countryside relaxing withthe family. SFS is now here to give you the results, images & scorers of theSpanish League Round 20 games.Saturday saw two games & SFS will put VIDEOS of the goals scored ineach clash, starting with FC BARCELONA 4 - NUMANCIA 1. Acontroversial game were the referee cancelled a valid goal by Numanciain the first half &

SFS FLASHBACKS: RONALDO WHEN AT FC BARCELONA

Here is an amazing goal by Brazilian RONALDO when he was part ofFC BARCELONA. The goal was scored during a Spanish League gameagainst Santiago de Compostela. This is Ronaldo at his maximum peak form,unstoppable.

REAL MADRID 2009 : KAKA; RONALDO & BENZEMA ON THEIR AGENDA FOR UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

There are three names being herald as possible candidates for the REALMADRID CF Presidential elections for July 2009: Juan Villalonga (exPresident of Telefónica), Eugenio Martinez & Florentino Perez ( Presidentof ACS & ex President of Real Madrid 2000-2006). The latter is remainingsilent for the moment, but everyone suspects that he will run & is alreadymoving his cards behind the

FERNANDO TORRES HELPS MATE WITH A TV AD TO PROMOTE "GESSBAR" HAIR SALON

This post is for the millions of FERNANDO TORRES fans. This video isalready wildfire across the Internet, specially in Spain & will no doubtrace into England, USA & Asia.Here is the story. Fernando has a mate called Juan Carlos who owns &runs an ordinary hairdressing salon in A Coruña (Galicia, SPAIN) called“Gessbra”. Juan Carlos simply asks Fernando if he will appear in his verylow budget TV ad

SPANISH CUP 2008/2009 QUARTER FINAL 1ºLEG THURSDAY GAMES RESULTS

The last two 1ºleg SPANISH CUP matches have been played tonight in a low scoring affair with the return 2ºlegs up for next week &totally wide open.ATHLETIC DE BILBAO & REAL SPORTING DE GIJON finished in a 0-0 draw. Bilbao missed a penalty - that wasn´t - in the 28th minwhen Llorente miscued. The game was end to end stuff with each having their chances, but a touch of conservatism entered both

"EL MUNDANO DEPORTIVO": NEW BI MONTHLY COLLABORATION FOR SFS

SFS wishes to announce a NEW section that will appear every 15 Dias.Titled “El Mundano Deportivo”, it is an honour & a pleasure to counton the collaboration of a fellow blogger & friend, Adrian Vogel, to enrich& take SFS to another level. Adrian will share his wealth of Football(Soccer) knowledge & experience to give SFS readers an “alternative”view & the behind the scenes reasons to the stories

REAL MADRID: FLORENTINO PEREZ WOULD WIN IF ELECTIONS HELD TODAY

The race is on as the potential REAL MADRID Presidential candidatescome out of the woodwork. The announcement last week of RamonCalderon´s resignation & that new Presidential elections will be held inJuly 2009 has stirred the waters & everyone is beginning to positionthemselves.Many are forging alliances with powerful Sporting media, but one inparticular hasn’t announced that he will present

SPANISH CUP 2008/2009 QUARTER FINAL 1ºLEG WEDNESDAY GAMES RESULTS

Two games tonight of the Q/Finals of the SPANISH CUP with the 1ºlegto decide. Tomorrow another two matches between At.Bilbao - SportingGijon & Mallorca - Real Betis.A top game played tonight with plenty of goals that saw VALENCIA CF comeback & turn the result around against SEVILLA CF.DAVID VILLA scored first in the 5th min to allow Valencia to start well, however Sevilla reacted & turned up the

AND GOD SPOKE TO KAKA..."GO TO REAL MADRID"

Brazilian International & AC MILAN player KAKA isn’t Mosses but hedoes speak with God. In fact, it seems God is a Football fan, great tasteas it could not be any other way, plus he is an advisor to KAKA, imagine hiscommissions!News from Italy, England & Spanish sports media say that “The Father”(not his real representative) advises Kaka to await a call from REAL MADRID. According to local daily “

SFS FLASHBACKS: EMILIO BUTRAGUEÑO

A blast from the past from one of REAL MADRID´s & SPAIN´s greatforwards, EMILIO BUTRAGUEÑO, here seen scoring against Cadiz,real magicians stuff:

KAKA NO TO MANCHESTER CITY OPENS THE DOOR FOR REAL MADRID

It’s the big news today in the Football World, AC MILAN Brazilian starKAKA has rejected an astronomical (120€M transfer fee plus a 15M€/yearsalary) offer from MANCHESTER CITY & take reign of his destiny.“Money isn’t everything” is the slogan that saw Milan President & histeam called off negotiations after Kaka´s father & Representative BoscoLeite had it all shut with the English Club. The wishes

IKER CASILLAS - 3ºrd BEST GOALKEEPER IN HISTORY ACCORDING TO IFFHS

The IFFHS - International Football Federation of History & Statistics- which is under the umbrella of FIFA named REAL MADRID &Spanish International Goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS the Best in TheWorld for 2008.News comes to us from all the local papers today that the IFFHS has justreleased its "All Time" Historical Statistics for Goalkeepers & citesCasillas as the 3ºrd Best. The Historical Best is

SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2008 - 2009: LEADING GOALSCORER & GOALKEEPER - THE HALF WAY MARK

The Spanish League - "La Liga" has reached its half way mark & it´sthe moment for SFS to see who is leading the Goalscoring table - ElPichichi - & who is leading the Goalkeeping table - El Zamora.LEAD GOALSCORERS - after Round 191. SAMUEL ETO´O is one fire. The FC BARCELONA forward has18 GOALS from 18 games. That´s a 100% effectivity rate.2. Spanish International & VALENCIA CF forward DAVID

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/09 - ROUND 19 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Here is a resume of tonights Round 19 Sunday games in the SpanishLeague, known Worldwide as "La Liga", with results, images & scorers.REAL MADRID hosted the bottom Club OSASUNA after an intense week that saw its President Calderon resign due to scandals already mentioned on the posts below.The crowd & the atmosphere was tense,plus expectant to see how the team would react.In the end it turned out

DAKER 2009: MARC COMA WINS IN BIKES

SFS congratulates Spanish Motorbike rider MARC COMA for winningthis years DAKER Argentina - Chile Rally.The traditional Daker run through Northern Africa changed thisyear to South America after terrorist threats last year. The Spanishrider was dominant during the whole rally being far the superior rider,& return to Buenos Aires in front to take the prized titleIn the car catagory, the winner was

SPANISH FOOTBALL FLASHBACKS: REAL MADRID WINGER MICHEL PRESSURES VALDERRAMA

Spanish Football & Sports Blog will introduce a new section that will beposted oftened but without a definate timeline. It´s called "Spanish FootballFlashbacks", were some great moments will by recalled.Here is Real Madrid ´s great winger MICHEL using psychologicalpressure on Colombian midfield star Valderrama when with SpanishClub Valladolid:

ATLETICO DE MADRID EYE TWO BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL PEARLS

Spanish daily "Marca" publish that ATLETICO DE MADRID has been following for months two of Brazilian Football young promises& may make bids for them in the upcoming future.The Spanish Club will join others like Real Madrid, Fc Barcelona,Valencia & Liverpool FC who have their scouts following them aswell. Both are 20 years of age, goal scorers & considered BrazilianFootball "pearls"The first is

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA 2008/09 - ROUND 19 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

FC BARCELONA has reached the half way mark of this SpanishLeague 2008-2009 season being run away leader with 50 points, this is a historic mark in Spanish Football.The Catalonia Club ripped through DEPORTIVO tonight in an exhibition that at times - without deliberately wanting too -humilated the visiting side. The final result was 5- 0 & it could have been greater.Barça is a fined tuned "Football

REAL MADRID: RAMON CALDERON RESIGNS. SFS LOOKS AT THE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE "SHADOWS" REASONS

It’s dramatic but necessary, the forced resignation of REAL MADRIDPresident Ramon Calderon, who was overwhelmed by the huge amountof evidence accusing him of acting unlawfully, corruptly & dishonestly,has shaken the prestigious Club & the Football World. The important localSports daily “Marca” with the cooperation of national radio announcerJose Antonio Abellan of the program “El Tirachinas” (

REAL MADRID PRESIDENT RAMON CALDERON RESIGNS

It´s official, its just been announced, REAL MADRID President RAMONCALDERON has RESIGNED.After meeting with his Board members this morning, Calderon has seenthat he has no option but to leave the position after the series ofaccusations hailed at him which were backed by evidence of:.Using the Clubs credit cards for personal use.Allowing persons to jump the waiting lists to gain membership to the

TEVEZ & RIBERY DESIRE FC BARCELONA?

News from Barcelona based Sports Daily “Mundo Deportivo” commentthat both MANCHESTER UNITED 24 year old Argentine playerCARLOS TEVEZ & BAYERN MUNICH French InternationalFRANCK RIBERY wish to move & play at FC BARCELONA. Theyargue that the current Barça team under Coach Guardiola is playing sowell that it is attracting the attention of the European stars, in this case,the both already